Warwick has been named as one of the higher education institutions where the proportion of state educated pupils has fallen. According to data published by Higher Education Statistical Agency (HESA), half of Russell Group universities admitted less students educated at state schools than the past year. The Universities of Durham,...
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There’s no sure-fire method to making a good film, but if Hans Zimmer is writing your score – you’re already half way there. Such is the degree of acclaim bestowed upon the German maestro that many of his most famous soundtracks find there way from sheet music to Spotify playlists....
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For the past few years, you could be forgiven for not caring about the outcome of the Formula 1 world championship. Mercedes have had a car that has dominated the sport and has won the title every year for the last half a decade, whilst only 3 different drivers have...
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Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate is a thrilling, magical and heartwarming novel that has taken pride of place as my book of the month. A friend suggested it after a lecture on the Mexican Revolution, as the novel is set in the period. It’s perfect for history lovers and...
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Rwandan genocide survivor Naila Kira shared her personal testimony at the University of Warwick on Thursday 28 February, under the invitation of Warwick History Society (HistSoc). (Content Warnings: Sexual assault, violence, death, blood) The talk is part of HistSoc’s speaker series for Holocaust Memorial Day 2019, which bears the theme...
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Robert Halfon MP has recently come forward with a radical new suggestion for our exams system. He’s calling for the government to scrap GCSEs and replace them with a baccalaureate-style qualification that combines academic and vocational subjects to give “a broader curriculum” to students. But while it’s clear that school-leavers...
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There has been a significant rise in the number of ambulances called to Warwick campus for suicide or attempted suicide, a series of Freedom of Information requests by The Boar has revealed.
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When you think of the Far East, what comes to mind? Is it sweeping pagoda temples set against lakes strewn with water lilies? Or perhaps you think of garish skyscrapers housing robots of the future? Do you imagine tables full of sushi and Pekin duck, or ancient Japanese teas and...
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Sam Savelli looks at the ways in which religious characters are (or aren't) depicted in TV shows such as 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'Fresh Meat'
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Should there be limits on what a writer is allowed to cover in their work, or do they have a “duty to be free”, as Zadie Smith claimed at the recent Hay Cartagena festival in Columbia? Should a straight, white, male author in Britain be allowed to write the story...
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Stephen Jackson reports on the Warwick research which rewrote a classic theory for the nanoscale.
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The results of the University of Warwick’s students’ union (SU) Spring Elections were announced tonight at The Dirty Duck. This year has seen a sharp increase in the number of voters, from 4,550 in 2018 to 6,347 – the highest voter turnout since 2013. There has also been an 81% increase...
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Stephen Jackson explores the potential merits and pitfalls of the newly proposed Future Circular Collider, a post-LHC particle accelerator able to engineer the collision of particles at drastically greater energies.
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